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Joy
Feb 08, 2018 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: unfinished
Nope. That's it. I'm done reading anything written after 1989.

Everything is described awkwardly in strange detail. The writing feels like it's trying to impress me (insecure?), and the humor feels forced. I'd say it's because I'm not British, but I lived in London for four months, so that's gotta count for something. Now let's add some wizards and ghosts and floating orbs. Good, good. Using 37 words when 10 would suffice... and this version is so badly edited, the characters' own names are spel
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Juliane
Jan 09, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Jun 24, 2013 marked it as to-read
Claire Fun
Jul 03, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Soelo
Aug 04, 2013 added it
Shelves: series, locusaward
Katie
Jan 10, 2015 rated it really liked it
Jocelyn
Apr 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
Hazel
Aug 13, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobook
Ching-In
Dec 10, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Orissa
Jul 08, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sarah
Nov 09, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: nrpg-unused
Rachel
Dec 22, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Andrea
Jul 25, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Curlysue
Mar 02, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition